Indian · a defense for Black
King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation, Classical System, Traditional Line
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1.d4Nf62.c4g63.Nc3Bg74.e4d65.Nf3O-O6.Be2e57.O-ONc68.d5Ne79.Ne1Nd710.f3f5
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation, Classical System, Traditional Line14k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
56%8.0k54%
5.3%76851%
0.8%11656%
0.7%9842%
0.4%5249%
0.2%2239%
0.1%972%
0.1%838%
0%743%
Famous games in this line1.2k master games
So, W. (2779) – Nakamura, Hi (2814)So, W. (2812) – Grischuk, A. (2761)So, W. (2780) – Grischuk, A. (2766)So, W. (2778) – Grischuk, A. (2766)So, W. (2780) – Duda, J. (2737)Giri, Anish (2714) – Nakamura, Hikaru (2758)Eljanov, Pavel (2720) – Radjabov, Teimour (2751)Wang, Hao (2718) – Radjabov, Teimour (2744)Heroes of this opening Nakamura, Hikaru · So, W. · Grischuk, A. · Radjabov, Teimour
- Family
- King's Indian Defense
- Category
- Indian
- First move
- 1.d4
- ECO
- E99
- Line
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. f3 f5
FianchettoSharpHypermodern
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From the archives
Regarded as suspect until the mid-1930s, the King's Indian was rehabilitated by Boleslavsky, Bronstein and Konstantinopolsky, then carried by Fischer and Kasparov. The plan: let White build the big centre, lock it, and throw every kingside pawn at the enemy king — Kasparov's ...g3 pawn storm against Piket at Tilburg 1989 is the picture of it.
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